Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 01:05 UTC

  Argentine organized labour ignores CFK, blames corporate world for ‘conflicts’

  

  Argentine organized labour blamed “businessmen in the corporate world” for the level of labour conflict in the country and demanded “more responsibility”. The statement follows on President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Tuesday’s suggestion that the umbrella union organization, CGT, should lower their levels of confrontation.

• Monday, May 9th 2011 - 01:03 UTC

  Buenos Aires mayor drops out from October presidential race

  

  Mauricio Macri the conservative mayor of Buenos Aires City and one of the leading contenders for next October’s presidential election decided over the weekend not to challenge populist President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and instead will seek re-election to his post.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:08 UTC

  “If we don’t unite, Cristina beats us with 40% of the vote”, warns Duhalde

  

  Argentina’s presidential hopeful and former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde warned that if the opposition doesn’t unite, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will defeat them next October 23 and be re-elected for a second four year mandate.

• Thursday, March 17th 2011 - 15:27 UTC

  Brazilian industry creates a Chinese Studies Centre to monitor bilateral trade

  

  Brazil’s powerful Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo State (Fiesp) is set to create a Chinese Studies Centre in partnership with the federal government, the president of the federation said in Sao Paulo.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  CFK team insists with a Peronist outsider as her vice-presidential candidate

  

  Following on Sunday’s electoral victory in the northern province of Catamarca, Argentina’s Cabinet Chief, Aníbal Fernández insisted that the Victory Front ruling party might go with a non-Peronist vice-presidential candidate on next October’s presidential elections.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 17:10 UTC

  New Poll Shows Argentine President as Favorite in Next Elections

  

  According to a poll published today, President of Argentina Cristina Fernández is shown as the favorite to win next October’s elections, even though she has kept quiet her intentions of running.

• Monday, December 13th 2010 - 07:57 UTC

  Buenos Aires Mayor, the big looser in the squatters-neighbours battle

  

  A 130 hectares city park and open space taken over by squatters in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, the scene in recent days of violent incidents in which at least four people were killed and scores injured, was calm on Sunday following on the arrival of security forces sent by the federal government.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  Buenos Aires Palermo Agro-Fair takes off with the export levies conflict latent

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri inaugurated the 124th edition of the Agriculture, Livestock and Industry Fair organized by the Argentine Rural Society (SRA) that will open on Saturday in the Palermo grounds. SRA head Hugo Biolcati was also present and took the opening honours along with the city Mayor.

• Saturday, May 15th 2010 - 04:05 UTC

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Macri Prosecuted for Alleged Illegal Wiretappings

  

  Buenos Aires City mayor Mauricio Macri and a former city Education Minister, Mariano Narodowski were prosecuted Friday on charges of illegal wiretappings. Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide also seized 250,000 pesos from the mayor for considering the case a conspiracy.